Checkbook cover and method of making same



Jam 311.; M50 J. c. MILLER 9 9 9 CHECKBOOK COVER AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed Sept. 10, 1948 INVENTOR JOSEPH C. MILLER ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 31 1950 CHECKBOOK COVER AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Joseph C. Miller, Compton, Calif., assignor to Coast Envelope Company,

Los Angeles, Calif.,

a corporation of California Application September 10, 1248, Serial No. 48,627 2 Claims. (01. 281-49) 1 This invention has to do with checkbook covers and methods of making the same, relating more particularly to check book covers of the type adapted to receive fillers.

It is among the objects of my invention to provide a. check book cover of this type which, while it may be made with maximum economy, provides maximum durability, flexibility and richness of appearance. a

It is another object of the invention to provide a check book cover which may be made of an unusually thin, light-weight material without sacrificing strength and durability.

Another object is to provide a check book cover wherein all exposed inner surfaces are lined with integral extensions of the same material of which the outer surface is made.

A further object is to provide a check book cover in which there is a minimum of exposed or unturned edges of material.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

My present invention is in the nature of improvements upon those mentioned and described,

in my other pending application, Serial No. 787,809 filed November 24, 1947.

The invention is capable of being embodied in a variety of specific physical forms, one of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a blank cut to form the main or body part of the device;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a second blank cut to form a retainer strip;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the check book cover partially formed;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view showing the completed cover;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view showing the cover device folded;

Fig. 6 is a section taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view.

In my said co-pending application, I show a check book cover wherein a main blank is cut to have opposite end extensions as well as two spaced pairs of side extensions, the latter of which are folded over and adhered to a retaining strip. While the cover there shown embodies considerable improvement over prior art covers, I find that it is not adequately reinforced at the folds for long life and requires for its manufacture, a relatively thick, heavy grade of material, which not only increases its cost but reduces its flexibility,

flexibility being a very desirable characteristic of such covers.

Referring now to the specific embodiment shown in the drawings, I first cut a substantially rectangular sheet or blank 5 of relatively thin material such as leather, artificial leather or other suitable material, Whose outer surface, which would be the bottom surface as viewed in Fig. 1, is finished to provide the desired appearance, while the inner surface, or the top surface 5a as viewed in Fig. 1 is plain and unfinished.

l his blank is then stainpedto provide curved cuts 1, 8 todefine side extensions 9, l0 and il, to provide cuts 1 5 at the intersection of the side: extensions l0 and II with the end portions ll, llLto provide holes l9 and and semi-circular side edge :recesses 2 l and 22'. r Also, r in this operation, the blank 5 is preferably lightly scored or lined, as indicated at 25, toprovidefold lines.

A flexible, rectangular retainer strip 301s also cut to providexend recesses 3|, 32. l

The next step in forming the device is to ad herethe retainer strip to that portion of the inner surface 5a along a transverse line intermediate the endsof the strip, as by means of a narrow coating of adhesive, leaving the end portions of theretainer strip free and unadhered to'the surface5 a. r T

Next, the "inner ortop surface of the side ex tensions 9, 10 and H are provided with a coating of adhesive 31, after which the side extensions are bent over into position superimposed on the medial portion of the blank, the extensions 9 each being adhered to the retainer strip and the extensions 0 and I I being adhered to the respective end portions ll, I8 of the blank. The device then is in the form shown in Fig. 4. It will be observed that in this position, the semi-circular recesses 2! together form a round hole to register with the hole l9 and recesses 22 together form a round hole in register with hole 20. Cooperating fastener elements 39, 40 of well known construction, are then mounted in the respective holes and secured to the body thus formed.

While, for illustrative purposes, the cuts 1 and 8 are shown in Fig. 3 as completely severin the contiguous ends of the side extensions from each other, in :practice it is my preference, when these cuts are initially made, to terminate them slightly short of the outer edges of the blank, leaving narrow uncut portions 45, as best shown in Fig. 8, to facilitate folding the side extensions together over the medial portion of the blank. After the side extensions are adhered to the medial portion of the blank as above described, I insert a knife in the openings 46, 41 defined by said cuts and since the extensions 10 and II are then adhered to the end portions l1, [8 while the extensions 9 and the end portions of the retainer strip are not adhered to the underlying surface of the blank, the cutter will finally sever the narrow previously uncut areas 45, leaving the openings 46 free for access to the pockets 5|] thus formed.

It will be observed that the extensions l0 and II form inner linings for the end extensions ll 3 and it, the lining being of the same material and appearance as the outer surface. of the blank.

One of the pockets 5B,,may be used to receivethe mounting tab of a check book folder, not shown, while the other may be used to receive a bank book or other paper, the pockets being sealed is folded along a transverse line medially between the side edges of the adhesive coating 35, and this fold area is reinforced by the side extensions 9, for durability.

It will be apparentthat inasmuch as the end portions ll, is are lined by the side extensionslll' and ii, and the fold line along the center between the pockets is reinforced by the side extensions ii, the blankfi may be made of an unusually light-weight material without sacrificing durability, yet due to the light weight-of the material which may be used, the device ishighly flexi-ble.

I claim:

1. A check book cover comprising a rectangular, flexible body strip transversely foldablei between its ends and having laterally extending from each of its opposite sides a groupof three endwise abutting, flexible side extensions of a Width substantially half the Width of the body strip, the outermost side extensions of each group being folded over onto and adhered to the underlying surface of the end portions of thebody strip to provide linings therefor, a flexible retainer strip superimposed on the body strip be,- tween the inner ends of said outermost side extensions and secured to the bodystrip only, at-a point substantially medially between its ends, the

outer end portions of the retainer stri being unsecured tothe; underlying portionsof the body strip whereby tojprovide oppositely outwardly opening pockets, the intermediate side extensions of each group being folded over onto and secured tothe surf-ace of the retainer strip underlying said intermediate side extensions, and means for detachably securing the opposite end portions of the body strip together.

2. In the art of manufacturing check book covers, the method which comprises the steps of forming a rectangular blank of flexible material, making three longitudinally spaced, substantially transverse cuts along each side of the blank to define three lateral side extensions Whose contiguous ends are, only partially severed from each other, securing a relativelyshortvstrip of flexible.

materialto the blank along a transverse line spaced inwardly from its ends, then folding-the.

side extensions over onto the blank and adhering the endmost thereof to the underlyin surfaces.

of the end portionsyof the blank and adheringthe intermediate extensions to the underlying surface of said strip, and finally completely severing the.

contiguous ends of the extensions from each other.

JOSEPH C. MILLER.

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